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Robert Allan who completed the design last year for a new escort tug for Norwegian tugowners Johannes

Ostensjo dy AS. The tug, which incorporates many unique hull form developments is currently being built at Astilleros Zamakona of Spain. The company also created a low manning design that features many new components in the development of a high-performance ship-assist tug for Brusco Tug & Barge of Longview,

Wash., which will be delivered during the fourth quar- ter 2000.

While the overall aura within Canadian shipbuilding seems to be industry downturn, the yards have not let up in terms of competition. Canadian chargeout rates are comparable to the U.S. and Japan, and in some instances less than European competitors, but higher than Korea and China. On another hand, labor costs, after converted into U.S. dollars are typically lower in

Canada than in the U.S. when dealing with most indus- try aspects. It has been estimated that the average total hourly labor costs in Canadian shipbuild- ing are $5 per hour less than in the U.S.

The country's labor costs are low in terms of its competitors, with hourly costs standing at 50 percent less than

German yards and 40 percent lower in

Japan. Despite the downturn in business,

Canadian yards successfully completed some technically challenging projects.

Canada Steamship Lines (CSL) has fared well, with CSL Niagara (one of

MR/EN's Great Ships of 1999) and the

M.V. Rt. Hon. Paul J. Martin - two sea- max vessels that are the largest Canadian ships to be constructed for the Great

Lakes-St. Lawrence. Paul J. Martin is also noted as the second (including CSL

Niagara) of a three part forebody joining to be built by Port Weller as part of a $100 million fleet reinvestment program by CSL.

Consortium Acquires Davie

A U.S. consortium comprised of Syn- tek Technologies and Transnational Cap- ital Venture attained Davie Industries of

Levis, Quebec, Canada.

Located on the St. Lawrence River near Quebec City, the shipyard had pre- viously been functioning under a trustee- ship for the past two years, resulting from a failure of its previous owner,

Dominion Bridge Corp. of Montreal.

Despite this, Davie has managed to remain fully operational with successful completion of refit work for the Canadi- an Navy, upgrade work on the oil pro- duction platform P-36 for Petrobras in

Brazil, as well as damage repairs on the cruise vessel Norwegian Sky. The con- sortium's transaction will readily lift all constraints to Davie's recent activities.

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